Wish

Example:

• I wish I lived in a beach house.
• I wish I were a child again.
• I missed the bus, I wish I had caught it.
• I hadn't much free time when I was working last month, I wish I had had more free time.
• I wish you would tell me the whole story.
• I wish you would leave me alone.

Conditional (type 3)

Examples:

• If we had been more careful, we wouldn't have had the accident.
• If I hadn´t eaten too much, I wouldn´t have had a stomachache.
• Maria would have had a great time if she had gone with us.
• If it had been sunny, we could have gone to the beach.

Conditional (type 2)

Examples:

• If I won the lottery, I would be rich.
• If I lived in a palace, I would give parties all the time.
• You could translate this letter for me if you spoke German.

Conditional (type 1)

Examples:

• If we don't hurry up, we will be late.
• If it rains, we will stay at home.
• I will come to your home if you call me tonight.

Suggestions.

Examples:

• You would really like this sushi.
• Would you mind passing the sandwiches along,please?

Offers.

Examples:

• Can I help you?
• Shall I carry the bag?
• Would you like a cup of tea?

Speculation, deduction and probability.

Examples:

• I think we could have another World War.
• We 'd better phone tomorrow, they might be having a nap.
• China may become a major economic power.
• He must have money, he just been paid.

Permission.

Examples:

• May I talk with to the boss, we have to close a business deal.
• You can go to the concert if you clean your room.
• Could I borrow your dictionary?

Ability.

Examples:

• I can speak catalan, my parents taught me when I was a child.
• I could run very fast when I was fifteen.
• She is able to answer all the questions, she is very intelligent.

Advice.

Examples:

• You should go to the doctor, you look ill.
• She ought to be careful, some day she can get hurt.
• You had better eat before we meet, we are going to work until the afternoon.

No obligation.

Examples:

• You don't have to wake up early on saturdays because you don't have to go to work.
• He needn't pay it now if he doesn't want because he can pay it in two parts.
• I don't need to study French anymore, I've allready passed the exam.

Prohibition.

Examples:

• Everybody knows that you musn't smoke in the hospital.
• A mother tells to her child: "You musn't play with matches".

Obligation.

Examples:

• There's a poster on the wall of the library that says: "You must be quiet".


• I have to attend a meeting.The boss has asked me to attend it.

Singular and plural nouns.

Examples:

• Yesterday I ate one apple.Today I am going to eat two apples.
• Last saturday a hundreds of men had died in a fatal plane accident.

Uncountable nouns.

Examples:

• Can you give me some money?
• I want a glass of watter.
• Do you like to listen to music?

Countable nouns.

Examples:

• There are two tables and four chairs.


• I want an orange.


• I have a book in my bag.

Adjectives.

Examples:

• Yesterday I saw an exciting film in the cinema.
• We are really tired because we have been working hard.
• Are you frightened of rats?

Adverbs.

Examples:

• Sara drives slowly.
• They answered the question perfectly.
• He came back home suddenly.
• She will possibly arrive late.

Will have done.

Examples:

• By next week I will have received my new computer.
• The film isn't very long. I will have seen it by dinner time.

Will be doing.

Examples:

• At this time on wednesday I will be travelling.
• I will be having dinner when she arrives tonight.

Shall

Examples:

• Shall I open the door?
• Shall I carry your case?

Be going to

Examples:

• Are you going to meet Sara tonight?
• I'm going to visit some cousins during my holiday.
• I'm going to be a singer when I grow up.

Will

Examples:

• I'll help you with your homework.
• I'll send you a postcard during my holiday.
• I'll call you when I arrive.

Present continous for future sentences.

Examples:

• I'm going to the party tonight.
• He's visiting his grandparents next weekend.
• Are you meeting your new teacher tomorrow?

Present simple for future sentences

Examples:

• The party starts at 9 o'clock.
• Tha train leaves at 11 p.m.

Past perfect continous.

Examples:

• I'd been having breakfast when she finally arrived.
• I'd been waiting for two days before she told me the answer.

Past perfect.

Examples:

• I didn't have any money because I'd lost my wallet.
• I'd been to Paris before you went to Marsella.

Past simple.

Examples:

• It was a very great holiday.
• I didn't leave the cinema until the end of the film.

Present perfect continous.

Examples:

• I've been doing my homework for 5 hours.
• Have you been waiting for three hours?

Present perfect

Examples:

• Have you ever been in love?
• I've already painted my bedroom.

Present continous.

Examples:

• I'm writing in my blog.
• You are doing your homework very fast.

Present simple

Examples:

• My t-shirt is black.
• My favourite colour is purple.